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Arizona is special (ideal vacation spot, called by some "a kind of paradise", nice weather, so tolerant that it's a "purple state" that's neither red nor blue)... I've been to
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Seems like a worthwhile topic. However the article as it is has little information and some stuff that doesn't relate. Sorry. I have spent some time there too I found it a wonderful state. Even in summer --- it's a dry heat. :-)
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